Also announces that Karen Traviss will be working on a Halo novel series relating to the post-"Halo 3" universe.

Certainly no shortage of Halo novels on the way.

karen traviss gets the post ghost of onyx trilogy, and then there is this trilogy. makes me wonder if thats what they meant by 2 trilogies in respect to this comment:http://www.joystiq.c...-film-transmed/

Though I've never read any of Greg Bears books before I cant wait for this. I'll check tomorrow at my local bookstore if I can pre-order it.
The cover art looks really cool but I don't think I like the title...

karen traviss gets the post ghost of onyx trilogy, and then there is this trilogy. makes me wonder if thats what they meant by 2 trilogies in respect to this comment:http://www.joystiq.c...-film-transmed/

We worked with Starlight Runner in the past but I honestly don't know where they got that information from. Whatever was shown in those slides is either speculation on their part or very, very old data (like from before the Peter Jackson stuff got canned).

Indeed. The Tor novels had pretty good covers (the reissues, not so much), but this is certainly one of the most interesting--lost epic sci-fi feel totally divorced from the military sf vibe. Gives me hope that the stories will match.

We worked with Starlight Runner in the past but I honestly don't know where they got that information from. Whatever was shown in those slides is either speculation on their part or very, very old data (like from before the Peter Jackson stuff got canned).

heh, gotta love when people talk out of their butt about a hot topic for some attention.

If that's the final cover sign me up for twenty copies. Hot damn.

reminds me of epitaph (in a style way, not the gameplay on the map way ). The forerunner aspect has always been my favorite part of the halo trilogy, especially since the terminals came out.

Indeed. The Tor novels had pretty good covers (the reissues, not so much), but this is certainly one of the most interesting--lost epic sci-fi feel totally divorced from the military sf vibe. Gives me hope that the stories will match.

the reissue was a good idea that was poorly executed... and then reach came out...facepalm. Reissuing FoR to fix the errors is one thing, but not fixing the errors when rereleasing and not even adressing the whole game changer that is reach is just poor execution. If they didnt want to spoil reach for whatever reason, they could have waited a few months....

If Karen Traviss is involved, it will get fucked up. She completely ruined Star Wars EU for me (and I'd say a lot of others, looking at the sales data post-Legacy of the Force), and now she's about to do the same for Halo. It's a damn shame.

If Karen Traviss is involved, it will get fucked up. She completely ruined Star Wars EU for me (and I'd say a lot of others, looking at the sales data post-Legacy of the Force), and now she's about to do the same for Halo. It's a damn shame.

I am not familiar with her, but i looked it up and it seems she doesnt take well to people suggesting that something she wrote makes no sense (3 million clones issue), doesnt play so well with fans (because we bloody well say so) and seems to violate unwritten EU rules (killing mara jade). The first is really what worries me, since nothing is ever error free, and its important to admit it but still i dont see anything where it said her writing was poor.

If Karen Traviss is involved, it will get fucked up. She completely ruined Star Wars EU for me (and I'd say a lot of others, looking at the sales data post-Legacy of the Force), and now she's about to do the same for Halo. It's a damn shame.

Honestly I thought her piece in Evolutions was the best one. Perhaps its because it concerned the two characters I find most interesting... but I thought it was well thought out and fit well into the fiction. As long as she continues doing similar stories such as that without changing any of the fiction, I believe she'll write great additions to the Haloverse.
But it seems you guys already know more than I do, so perhaps I'm just spouting ill-informed opinions?

Honestly I thought her piece in Evolutions was the best one. Perhaps its because it concerned the two characters I find most interesting... but I thought it was well thought out and fit well into the fiction. As long as she continues doing similar stories such as that without changing any of the fiction, I believe she'll write great additions to the Haloverse.

But it seems you guys already know more than I do, so perhaps I'm just spouting ill-informed opinions?

its been a long time since i read that story so i dont really remember, but i know the cole's story was badass.

I read in an article in IGN that vociferu got blown away three times in the first 3 pages. That got me super hype about this, i mean, that guy writes terrific and his opinions where mostly the same as mine.